My Little Island ActiveTeach

User’s Guide
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1. Resource links
2. ActiveTeach Menu
3. ActiveTeach Content
• Maximize content area
4. Tool Bar Panel
• Add Teaching Resources
• Drawing Tools
• Audio Player
• Whiteboard
• Masking Tool
• More Tools
5. Bookmark
6. Page Navigation
7. Page View Settings
8. Technical Support
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Resource Links
 Click icons on ActiveTeach shell to open resource materials.

Icons Resources

Audio

Video

Flashcards

Story Cards

Activity Sheets
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ActiveTeach Menu

Click to enter ActiveTeach

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ActiveTeach Content

Menu Bar

Home Maximize

Close

Help File

Minimize
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ActiveTeach Content

Tool Bar
Bookmark List and
Bookmark
Tool Bar Panel Page View
Settings

Resource List Page Navigation

(Access resources through
the contents page)
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Maximize content area

 Click grey bar to hide tool bar.
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Tool Bar Panel

 Order of tool icons can be arranged to suit users’ preferences. Simply
DRAG the icon to the desired position.
 Frequently used tools and their expanded options panel can be
DRAGGED on to ActiveTeach page.
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Tool Bar Panel

 To locate more tools CLICK the More icon.
(Range of tools available depends on different subjects)
 Hide seldom used tool icons. DRAG icon to panel below.
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Tool Bar Panel

Add Teaching Resources

Audio Player Masking Tool

Drawing Tools Whiteboard More Tools

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Tool Bar – Add Teaching Resources

 This ActiveTeach enables you to build your own Teaching Resources
Bank to enhance your lessons.
Create your own Note. Save to relevant
ActiveTeach page(s).
Step 1: SELECT ‘Note’ icon.

Step 2: SELECT text colour.

Step 3: ‘Note’ icon will appear on

ActiveTeach page. CLICK, MOVE and DROP icon
in desired position.

Step 4: TYPE text in window.

Step 5: SAVE file on ActiveTeach page.

There are 2 display mode options.
Thumbnail mode or Text mode Step 6: To DELETE ‘Note’. CLICK on file, DRAG
(recycle bin icon will appear) and DROP in file.
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Tool Bar – Add Teaching Resources

 Source various Teaching Resource Files such as Worksheets, Pictures,
Movies, Audio and Games etc.
 Save File to relevant ActiveTeach page(s).

Add Resources
Step 1: SELECT resource file format. e.g.
‘Worksheet’, ‘Picture’, ‘Movie’, ‘Audio’
and ‘Game’.

Step 2: ENTER file name of the target

Teaching Resource.

Step 3: SEARCH for file by BROWSING your

saved Teaching Resource files.

Step 4: CLICK , MOVE and DROP the icon

on to ActiveTeach page.
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Tool Bar – Drawing Tools

 Drawing Tools Options:

Drawing Pen / Highlight Pen

Step 1: SELECT the shape / thickness / colour
/ transparency.

Step 2: Draw on the ActiveTeach page.

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Tool Bar – Drawing Tools

Fill colour
Step 1: SELECT fill colour.

Step 2: CLICK on the target area of

ActiveTeach page to fill colour.
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Tool Bar – Drawing Tools

Eraser
Removes Drawing Tools actions such as
drawing, highlighting and colour-filling from the
ActiveTeach page.

Undo
Removes previous Drawing Tools action from
the ActiveTeach page.

Clear
Clears ALL Drawing Tools actions from the
ActiveTeach page.
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Tool Bar – Audio Player

 Play audio file(s) tagged to the ActiveTeach pages.

Timeline

Play / Pause Volume Control

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Tools Bar – Whiteboard

 Draw, type or insert text and images on the Whiteboard.

Save / Print
Draw lines / graphics
items created
in Whiteboard.

Insert text / images

text

Eraser

Insert background
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Tool Bar – Masking Tool

 Mask function enables users to focus on target area of
ActiveTeach page.

Close

CLICK and DRAG the black

area to move the mask.

Resize
Resize unmasked area where
relevant.
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Bookmark
 Bookmark any page in the ActiveTeach.

Bookmark a page
Step 1: Go to the page you want to bookmark.
Step 2: CLICK on icon .
Step 3: Enter page number for the bookmarked page.

Delete bookmark.

Bookmark List
Click to view the list of bookmarked page(s).
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Page Navigation Click chapter name to

expand / collapse the
chapter page list.
Maximize / minimize page list.

Drag to browse page(s). Click to open page list.

Back to previous page(s).

Click to go to previous page(s). Click to go to next page(s).

Enter page number(s).

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Page View Settings

Auto Navigation

Hand Tool Zoom Panel

Single Page / Double Page

Hand Tool
Use hand tool to DRAG ActiveTeach page.

Single Page / Double Page

CLICK to switch between single page or double page view.
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Page View Settings – Zoom Panel

 Zoom in / out by clicking on ActiveTeach page.
 Or click on Zoom Panel and set % required.

Zoom-in scale
Default zoom scale
Default zoom scale can be set.

‘Zoom-in’ scale
Displays current ‘Zoom-in’ scale.
Zoom area
Zoom area
Default zoom scale CLICK and DRAG area to instantly
‘Zoom in / out’.

Zoom scale in %
Instantly displays zoom scale in %.

Zoom scale in %
Technical Support

For Technical Product Support, please visit our support website

at www.PearsonELTsupport.com. You can search our Knowledgebase for
frequently asked questions, instantly chat with an available support representative,
or submit a Ticket/Request for assistance.